Signaling device for vehicles



Fatented Oct. 3, 1922.

NETE STATES WALTER O. WILLE, ,OF WTERLOO, IOWA.

SIGNAL'JIN'G DEVICE FR YEHIGLES.

Application ler] November V218, 1921; Serial No. 516,099.

To ollfwhomifnmy concern: v

Pie it known that I, Wann-:n O. W'ILLE, a citizen o'F the United States of America, and a resident ot Waterloo, Blackhawk County, Iowa, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Signalingl Deric'es :for Vehicles, of' which the followingv is a specification.

lji' invention relates to improvements in,

.signaliug-flei'irrs. and particularly to those which arl` mounted upon vehicles vl'or indicating changes iu dirdrtiou. :ind the object nl' my improvement is to suppl;y a collapsible extensible device nl this class capable of heilig' extended in different directions as desired to therebj,y vary the significance .of the sila'nal.

Another object of my improi'emeuts is' to provide means for retraoting'the index part oli' the device into a hollow housing, the index beingy constructed `to protect the enrlosed mechanism from the action ,of the eleu'icnts when so retracted.

'lhese objects I have aecmnpliahed` hy the ineens which are hereinafter desrribed and claimed, and which are illustrati-ul in the accompanying drawings. in which Fig. l. is aside elevation, with a part broken awa-y ol" said siglnziliiigl douce, the 'full lines indieeatinaf one/extended position. and the dotted lines indicatingr other extended positions of the lazytongs and index. Fig'. 2 is n. similar elevation ol.z the device, showing the lazy tongs and index eon'xpletely collapsedl within the housing. VFie'. il is :L horizmital section taken through the upper part ot said Fig'. 2. A l

Similar numerals ol reference denote corresponrilintr parts throughout the several" views.

The inuneral 'l denotes a hollow housinglv composed ol spaced plates connected by hatten. 'altop and linttorn to leave both ends open. This housing' may he tixedly seeuredupon n relativeli unu'loT-able part of` the vehicle, so l have not shown any special sup porting;- structure in the drawings. Adso, :i hollow housing is not obligatory as my signaling device may be operahly mounted upon a single plate 1 which has suitable slidetrays or divergent slots upon or in it. These slideweys or slots shown at 4 and 5 diverge downwardly from the Lipper endpart 3 of the medial vertical slot 2 but the upper ends of said slots f1 and 5 enter said slot 2 a little below the top of the latter vergent slots 4 and 5 extend downwardlj-Y l .farther than the'middre slot 2, and are pret`- ei'ably of the same length.

The numeral 19 denotes an index preferzihlymade in the outline oi a hand, with er(A tended fingers, and comprises spaced plates which a're integrally connected iden;` one longitudiinil migeopposite the thuinh parl; as also at. the terminals o'lT three tingers h r a part. 2() rigidly. The interspzu-e ol! these plates receives the outer terminal inenlhers 13 and 14. of a lazy-tongs and also a link 1T pivoted to the outer end of the member 13. The other end of this link is ivoted at 18 across the interspace of thep ates 19 near the connectingv part 20, and the outer end ot the member 14 is pivoted at 15 across said .rplatcs at e point near the wrist part of the index` The lazy-tongs may he made ot any desired number of such members mediall)r pivoted together and having their ends 'pie oted to the adjacent pairs as at 12 and 16, but I have 't'or 'convenienre .shown but two pivotallj' connected pairsillr-l-land il-m. The opposite end ot said lazy-'tongs has the inner extremity of the nieinher 10 permanently piroted at 11 at a short distanre lielow the middle slot 2 vertically. 'The inner endV oit the .member 9 iaexteudei'l inwardly and lient angularli.' dmvnward to providexthe manually operable handle or lever .8, and a roller luiaring pintlc 7 is projected lroin the angle ol the parts 5) and 8 into-said series olt slots so as to he lnoralilo lengthwise through each at will. A modifieation is shown in F Ii'wherein the lever 8 is dispensed with and the. opposite 'honsf ino plate 1 is provided with likeslots il, 4 :nid 5, the pintle heineextended there tln'oug'li and furnished with4 a handle 2l,v

hy which the lazytones may he operated.

.'lllither the lever Fl or the handle 21 may he used in shifting the ineinher i) h v moving its pintle appropriately in any o'lt the. slot-s y2, 4 or 5 to thereby extend or collapse the lazy-tongs in desired directions or hold the lazytongs fully collapsed Within seid housing 1, as shown in Fig. 2. The full lines in Fig. 1 show the lazy-tongs and index fully extended horizontally as when ndieating' a. proposed change of direction of the vehicle to the left. The upper dotted lines show the changed positions of said parts when the device indicates a change of direclljll tion to the rip-lit, sind the lower ,broken lines indicate' that the vehicle is about to come to a stop. The method of operation is obvious. and it will be observed that when the lazy-tongs is iully extended` in either of seid directions, the pintle '.7 is positioned :it the bottom of the slot, so that the device is held relensebly firmly in this extended position. The device, when 'fully collapsed, is entirely Withdrawn into the hollow of the housing l, with the index-hund 19 swung over at right ongle to the lazy-tongs by the traction of the link 17 during the collapsing of said lazy-tonos.

Ii spring-clip 22 may Ihe mounted, on the housing 1. and lieve e. boss 23 to relensobly center and engage e hole or depression PA- in the lever 8 to secure the letter zigilinst displacement when the lazy-tongs is in its upwardly inclined position.

As the outer edge and top oli the. index part 19 are closed by the connecting pnrt 20, when collapsed into seid housing, the lazytong` members are protected thereby from moisture or dust, `While the index is strengthened in its structure. As the lazytong members are mede from thin metal, when the housing 1 is mounted without a closed our, these members if sui'h'cientin num ber, allow the index to be brought up close to the cer When the lazy-tongs are col epsed, in a vertical position, so that the device may be actuated from within the cer.

When collapsed into the housing, the pintle 7 is positioned in the recess port 3 above the pivot 11, Where the device is thus held against displacement by jarring movements of the cer. Veriaitions in the specific structures sind arrangements oi thc parts of the device illustrated are nevertheless included Within the scope of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Potent, is:

1. In combination, supporting-means containing three-way guiding-Ineens, .and e signaling-device mounted move-bly 1n seid supportingqneans and guidinfr-means for extension therefrom in either el? three directions.

2. In combination, su p porting-means, heving e trifid guidewey a collapsible extensible signaling-device mounted thereon, Iand having :t part slideble insaid guidewey for permitting of selectively extending seid, device at diierent angles to the supportingmeans.

3. In combination, supporting-means containing tridd slideweys, a. .lazy-tongs pivotnlly mounted on said supportinganeans end having an eccentric projection slidebly mounted in seid slideweys, a. si maling-device mounted on the outer end o said lazytongs, and Ineens operable menu-elly for extensiblj1 actuating the lazytongs to move it selectively in an of said triid slideweys to very its angle o direction relativel)7 to said supporting-means and to hold it releasebly in either of its extended or its collapsed relations. l

4:. In combination, :i lazy-tongs, e hollow signaling-deviceopen et one side and end with end elements of the lazy-tongs inserted thereinto and movablj7 connected thereto to be rocked in one direction when the laf/vtongs is collepsed` and a hollow housing, the other end of seid lazy-tongs having?|- one member pivoted within said housing and means operative to cause the lazy-tongs to be extended from or retracted to the houring, the signalin '-device when the lazytongs is collapsed eing received completely within the hollow of said housing; with the closed end end side of seid signaling-device positioned respectively upwardly and outwerdly.

5. 1n combination, lazy-tongs, :t hollow housing,r having three shdeweys convergin to e medial common port, the pivotul y-connected members of one end of said lazy-tongs beingres ectively pivoted within the housing, and slidably mounted in seid slideways to permit of extending; the lezyfiongs in different directions, and c signaling-device having pivotal und linked connections with the ivotnlly-connccted members ot the other end) of the lazy-tongs, seid device being a housingcomprising; spaced plates closed at one sido und cud, und seid device being completely received within seid housing when the lazy-tongs is collapsed.

G. In combination, supportingnieans, e `collapsible extensible signaling-device mounted thereon, :i three-wey cam, seid device having n. part slidable along said cem for selectively extending said device et either of three angles to the supporting means, and releaseble securing means for holding seid device when extended et any of said angles.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowft, this 21st dey of October, 1921.

-llfiL'IdlR- (l. WILLE. 

